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scaledown
I am using scale down and I absolutely love it. It sends me text reminders each day and helpful hints and encouragement. The program is coming to an end on the 31st of July and I am sad! Does anyone have something similar that they use? I am going to be lost next week when it ends~
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Olympic challenge!
One of my MFP friends (sarahsmom) is in England right now getting ready to watch her daughter compete for a Gold Medal in weight lifting. First of all....how freaking cool is that? Here is a link to her daughter's story about learning to love yourself and how she made the most of her body. I can tell you that I am so…
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Getting past fat girl thinking
I have been here on MFP for 315 days. I have lost 31 pounds and 24 inches. I have gone from walking short distances, to an exercise bike, to running. When I started running I could only go three driveways before stopping but in April I ran a 10K non-stop...slow...but non-stop. I do yoga and zumba and hike and 100…
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high praise from 10 year boy
Interesting night at the ball field. I took the boys bubble gum and sunflower seeds for on the bench like I always do but forgot to bring with me on Tuesday. I heard the coach tell the boys to thank Brian's mom. One of the boys asked my son where his mom was. He pointed to me and the kid said "that's not your mom. Your mom…
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Big House Big Heart
One of my friends told me about this race and I am coming up from that state to the south to do it! The race is April 15th in Ann Arbor. Anyone here doing it? Or in the area? I would love to meet up for lunch or something!
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been there done that
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUm-vAOmV1o&feature=share
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Chewing gum and smoking
If you haven't heard the news....I QUIT SMOKING!!! After 27 years! (with short breaks when I was pregnant). I picked a date two months out to quit and stuck to it. So what I have noticed is a nearly 10 pound weight gain! I haven't changed anything in my diet other than to add more vegetables and GUM! I log every thing that…
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I AM A NON-SMOKER
I started here July 31st 2011 at 231.4 pounds. Around october 1st I realized I was actually doing it! So I set a date of December 1st to stop smoking. That gave me two months to get my brain mentally prepared. On November 28th I ran out of smokes and it was cold and raining and I just didn't feel like driving to the store…
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How obscure is your playlist?
I was in the middle of my run/walk today and was thinking about some of the stupid songs I have on my list. My favorite is Punk Rock Girl by the dead milk men... When I hit the end of my street I flip it to "Hail to the Victors" so I end in my driveway to the Michigan fight song. So what's on yours?
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My first Steady boyfriend
30 years ago when I was 13 I used to roller skate all the time. I met this boy there who went to a different school so that instantly made him hotter than the creeps I went to school with. ohhh and it was the 80s and he wore the tightest jeans with his comb in his back pocket. He was super cool. But alas we were 13 and…
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look in the mirror
Today is a day of reflection! Namaste got me thinking with her status today...when you look in the mirror what do you see? What's new? What do you like? What DON'T you like? What do you want to see?
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Strange nsv
Today I had to pick up my 20 year old at work. I told him I was at Aldi's next door and to walk over there. I saw him come in the door and then I saw him walk right past me....not once but twice! At the end of the aisle he pulled out his phone and called me and said "Where are you?" I told him to turn around. He laughed…
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high praise from a 10 year old boy
here's a long drawn out story.....last night was my youngest's football banquet. They had pizza but one of the football moms brought me salad (which was awesome of her to think of my journey). I got so many comments on my weight change (how much have you lost now? what are you doing?) Then we went to the store so I could…
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Look what I caused!
I go on a diet and Dippin' Dots files for bankruptcy!!!! Ohhh the guilt! ..Ice cream maker Dippin' Dots files for bankruptcy The Paducah, Ky.-based company filed for Chapter 11 reorganization Thursday night, asking U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Thomas H. Fulton to allow it to use cash collateral to continue operations while the…
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late night double feature picture show
Craig Ferguson did a musical opening last night. It was @%$#@# great! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sroqmHVueiI&feature=share On a side note....Craig Ferguson is HOT
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a week of victories and it's only Tuesday
Where do I even begin? Today is my 80th day on MFP. My sister invited me here for several months before I finally checked out what this site entailed. On that day I weighed 231.4 pounds and wore a size 22 or a 2-3X. I had a tumor removed in April of this year and spent 5 hours in recovery instead of the 1 they said due to…
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Why can't I just tell him no?
In June 2008 I met a man online. I had never dated anyone off the internet before and was pleasantly surprised at how wonderful he was. We soon were hanging out together every night. In September of that year I moved in with him. We did everything together. We would go on long hikes all over Ohio and Indiana, we went…
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Can I show you something?
September 2009 Not sure what my weight was!! Wasn't going near a scale! September 2011 oops! Changed it to 2009 and edited him out of the picture!
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Waist trimmer belts
I keep thinking about getting one of them. I always thought they were a waste of money and useless but my son's army recruiter told him to get one to help him lose the mid-section when running and working out. So now I am confused again. Does anyone here use one regularly? Does it work? Any suggestions on which kind or are…
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I made my daddy cry
My daddy is a rock. He is just one of those men who is always there. He will do anything he can for his family. In school, I was in the band, ran track, played soccer, was a cheerleader....and through it all he was at every event. I can remember coming off the field with the band, the crowd clapping and cheering to the…
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Can't keep anything down
I have eaten soup and soft gentle stuff all day today to try to find something that will stay in my stomach. Unfortunately within 5 minutes everything is coming back up. I have logged everything...but did I absorb those calories? I have been upset all day that I just didn't have the energy to do any cardio or anything else…
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I cried at the store today
<<<<<LOOK AT ME! I am in a pair of size 16 jeans!!!! I was feeling adventerous today at the store and decided to try on a smaller size. So I scooped up a pair of size 16s and headed off the dressing room prepared that they would be very tight but hoped to at least get them up. I stood and stared at the mirror for a few…
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reserve weekend
I work at a sports bar on the local air force base. One weekend a month we have our reserve unit in for their training. Due to the holiday they haven't been in for 6 weeks. Tonight they all congregated in the bar (duh). One of the tables (about 20 soldiers) called me over. They said they needed to ask me a personal…
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silly NSV
I have been a waitress forever. One of my favorite things to do is come home after a night of being on my feet and soaking in a nice bubble bath with a good book. For the past couple of years I haven't been able to do this. Mainly because my thighs/hips would rub against the sides of the tub and that would lead me to think…
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foot pain
I have been having pain in my left foot. It's on the top side about an inch from toes and goes about to ankle height (but in front). I noticed the other day after I got home from work and took off my shoes that the toes on that foot curl under when I am having this pain. It's not all the time either... Any thoughts?
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closets cleaned out
I woke in a cleaning mood today! I went through my closets trying on clothes....I now only have two pairs of pants and one skirt that fit! Giant bag of pants to go to goodwill.!!! Tomorrow I go to storage and get the pants out of storage that I haven't fit into in about 7 years! Deep down inside I am hoping they are baggy…
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Smokers not so anonymous
I am a smoker who is interested in quitting but just can't seem to find a way to do it! I have noticed that the deeper into 30 day shred I get, the less I enjoy smoking. Doesn't make much sense to get in shape and lose weight then hit a cig! But it took me forever to be serious about losing weight....I am not sure I am…
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30 day shred starting aug 8th
who is in?
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beginning weight question...
I have my starting weight set at what it was when I joined here not what it was when I started losing weight. Should I change it? I think seeing the 11 pounds instead of 2 would mentally help me....or is that like cheating? oops...almost 11 pounds!
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grabbing the bull by the horns!
Hi! My name is CANT and I am fat and out of shape. I started here 3 days ago and need to lose my first goal of 50 pounds. I'm a single mother of 3 boys (20, 19 and 10). I don't want to go to my son's football games and be the fat mom. I'm embarrassed climbing up the bleachers and worrying if they are going to bow under my…
